SARCANTHUS. 241 
Sikkim, common in tropical valleys; in flower during August and September ; 
Pantling No. 52. Khasia Hills, Burma. 
The sepals and petals are brown with their edges and midribs yellowish or buff. 
The lip is white, flushed on the apical lobe with pink. 
Prats 319.—Sarcanthus filiformis, Lindl. Part of a plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 а flower; 
2 longitudinal section of apex of ovary, column and lip, 3 transverse section of the spur, 4 under 
surface of anther, 5 apex of column with pollinia ¿n situ, 6 pollinia, after removal from anther ; 
all enlarged. 
3. SARCANTHUS PALLIDUS, Lindl. in. Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 78. 
Stem very stout, short (4 to 6 in.) leafy to the base. Leaves coriaceous, flat, 
obliquely bifid at the obtuse apex, not narrowed to the loosely sheathing base ; length 
8 to 12 in., breadth 1:4 to 1:6 in. Panicles ascending, axillary, much longer than the 
leaves, much-branched and many-flowered ; their peduncles slender, with a few distant 
tubular sheaths, Flowers “4 or ‘5 in. across; floral bract broad, very short. Sepals 
equal, spreading, broadly elliptic, blunt or sub-acute, the dorsal concave, Petals smaller 
than the sepals but of the same shape. Zip fleshy, longer than the sepals, adnate to 
the column ; the base with a blunt cylindric spur rather shorter than the ovary, curved 
forwards, its mouth with broadly triangular side lobes; the apical lobe fleshy, ovate, 
acute, with an incurved apical beak ; its upper surface with a vertical plate running 
down into the spur and dividing the latter into two chambers; the back wall of the 
spur with a large protruding fleshy 2-lobed callus just under the column. Column 
short, broad, with a very short foot. Anther depressed, shortly beaked; pollinia two, 
ovoid or sub-ovoid, bifid, the caudicle thin, the gland small. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ІП, 39; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 68; in Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale, V, 53, t. 79. 
S. racemifer, Reichb. fil. in Walp. Ann. VI, 891. 4. tricolor, Reichb. fil. in Bonplandia 
III, 219. Saccolabium racemiferum, Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch, 224, rides racemi- 
ferum, Wall. MSS. бағсап ия а (тіз, Wall. MSS. 
' Sikkim, at elevations of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet; in flower during August; 
Pantling No. 43. Westward to Nepal and eastward to Bhotan. Khasia Hills, Burma. 
The sepals and petals of this are dull brown edged with yellow, and the lip is 
white. | 
Рглте 320.—Sarcanthus pallidus, Lindl. Parts of a plant, of natural size. Fig. 1 а flower, 2 section 
of ovary, column and lip, 3 transverse section of spur, 4 apex of ovary with pollinia in situ, 5 pollinia 
removed, seen from behind, 6 lower surface of anther ; all enlarged. 
4. SARCANTHUS SECUNDUS, Griff. Notul. III, 362; Ic. Pl. Asiat., t. 336. 
Stem slender (*15 in. in diam.), pendulous, 6 to 12 in. long. Leaves narrowly 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, abruptly narrowed at the sheathing base, channelled ; 
length 2:5 to 4 in., breadth 22 to :35 in. Racemes pendulous, less than an inch long, 
few-flowered ; the peduncle about :5 in. long. Flowers +25 in. across; floral bract 
ovate, sub-acute, much shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals equal, ovate-elliptic, 
sub-acute, spreading. Petals smaller than the sepals, obovate-oblong, spreading. Lip 
fleshy, equal to the sepals, adnate to the column; the apical lobe sub-horizontal, concave, 
Axx, Бот, Bor. Gard., Carcutra, You. VIII. 
